Jake Ward Email & Phone Number

Kiribati

Kiritimati, Line Islands, Kiribati

Vanuatu

Vanuatu

Nias, Indonesia

When based in Nias, North Sumatra, Jake provided pro-bono water and energy engineering consulting services to NGOs operating in the region. This involved:• Designing and implementing village-scale water supply systems for livelihood projects; • Development of energy management plans for Vocational/Livelihood Training Centres;• Proposal writing and economic evaluations for new livelihood projects;• Investigating the feasibility of private alternative energy systems (particularly solar PV) for planned application amongst NGO projects.

Munda, Western Province, Solomon Islands

Jake worked as an AusAID/DFAT volunteer for Helena Goldie Hospital and the surrounding community. Whilst redesigning and rehabilitating the hospital's water system, Jake also worked in the area on energy supply and demand opportunities, sanitation upgrades, attracting donors, and managing busy-bees with international teams.Whilst at this post he achieved the following:• The redesign & rehabilitation of the water system supplying a 70-bed rural Hospital, Nursing College & staff housing complex;• Management & training of a small team of maintenance personnel in both general & site-specific operational & maintenance techniques;• Liaison with local & international donor organisations to source funds & to create & retain investment interest;• Performed a full-scale energy audit & devised a demand-side energy management plan in collaboration with the hospital management team;• Investigation and design of a cost-effective alternative self-generating energy system (solar PV) - to be installed in 2015. Jake will be advising from a distance throughout this process.• Water system rehabilitation using domestic & commercial plumbing techniques;• Fault diagnosis & repair for pumps (electric or petrol) & water networks;• Well construction & fabrication of simple durable hand pumps (and interactive construction lessons for the local community) using locally sourced parts.

Honiara & Makira, Solomon Islands

For 7 months Jake managed, from start to finish, a large-scale EU-funded relief & rehabilitation project in remote Solomon Islands, in response to cyclone & flood damage. The project focused on water system rehabilitation, disaster risk reduction (DRR), agriculture training and tools provision, and health education. The project was successfully completed within the desired budget and timeframe, reaching over double the planned number of beneficiaries.Jake achieved the following during this posting:• Survey, design, procurement & installation of 20 rural water systems feeding over 50 villages in remote Makira;• Project management & logistics for a AU$350,000 aid project;• Training & management of two teams of field technicians;• Operation & maintenance training for each community (in Pijin English);• Installation of 40 VIP (ventilated improved pit) toilets, with construction training & CLTS triggering;• Liaising & reporting to donors, government representatives & upper management.

Perth / Barrow Island, Western Australia

For 2 years Jake worked on Chevron's high-profile environmentally focussed Gorgon CO2 Sequestration Project as a drilling engineer, cost engineer and drill-site manager. His work-scope included the following:• Construction and commissioning of a new, automated land drilling rig on Barrow Island;• Design of CO2 injection, water production, water injection, cuttings re-injection & reservoir surveillance wells;• Strategic logistics for timely sourcing, procurement & commissioning;• Fluids & waste management specialisation;• Time & cost optimisation engineering.

Offshore, Nw Australia

Jake spent the majority of his first 2 years with Chevron working offshore as a drill-site manager and field engineer for large-scale drilling and completion campaigns on semi-submersible drill rigs.During this time, Jake achieved the following:• Operation & management (2IC) of drilling & completions operations on a 120-man semi- submersible drilling rig located off NW Australia;• Active adherence to, demonstration, & regulation of stringent safety protocol;• Maximised operational efficiency through bottleneck identification & actioning lessons learned;• Managed & supervised a large number of skilled tradesmen and contractors;• Directly managed large scale, high budget & critical operations;• Leadership through safety, coordination of meetings, & operational discipline.

New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Jake worked on numerous land and shallow-water exploration rigs as a Lead Wireline Field Engineer and Crew Manager in and around Louisiana, USA. This role involved the following:• Oilfield wireline operations coordination & direct management of a 4-man crew;• Data delivery & interpretation specialisation: combining technical skills with well evaluation software;• Management & organisation of a wireline cell comprising 4 operators, over 80 assigned logging tools, radioactive sources, a logging unit, pickup truck & junior engineers.

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Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

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